A Work in Progress: Cats (updated)



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Cats (updated)
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step 1 of 9

A new layer filled with gradient orange.

Creation of Cats (updated): Step 1

step 2 of 9

Using pen tool I drew a square; made an inverse selection and filled with dark green. With burn and smudge tools created the grass.

Creation of Cats (updated): Step 2

step 3 of 9

With elliptical marquee tool, selectioned a oval form, applied some feather effect and filled with orange. Applied burn tool to create a gradient.

Creation of Cats (updated): Step 3

step 4 of 9

On a new layer, using ellipse tool, I drew the base of the cat body; also drew the ears, and filled with bege.

Creation of Cats (updated): Step 4

step 5 of 9

New layer - I drew the tail, with pen tool; filled with the same color of the body.

Creation of Cats (updated): Step 5

step 6 of 9

Using liquify, smudge and burn tools, I made the nuance of the fur.

Creation of Cats (updated): Step 6

step 7 of 9

I duplicated both layers (body and tail), flipping and resizing a little small, to make the female cat. For more differences between male and female, using burn tool I darkened the big one.

Creation of Cats (updated): Step 7

step 8 of 9

Again I duplicated the layers of body and tail (both), merged, turned into black, applied gaussian blur, distorted and lowered the opacity, forming the shadow.

Creation of Cats (updated): Step 8

step 9 of 9

On a new layer, using pen tool, I created a shape of a bird. Loaded inverted selection, filled with black, applied gaussian blur. After some copy, paste and resize process, I merged the layers. On the top of all layers, I filled a new one with brown and lowered the opacity.

Creation of Cats (updated): Step 9

Final result

Creation of Cats (updated): Final Result

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